i'm ivan watson in christchurch, new zealand. >> hi to you, ivan. hello, everyone. i'm natalie allen from cnn center in atlanta and we are following new developments in the new zealand terror attack. here is the very latest for you. in the next few hours, bodies of the victims will start being turned over to their families. they hope to have all the bodies returned by wednesday. it is a process that takes some time as it was explained. in a news conference, prime minister jacinda ardern said she will meet with her cabinet monday and start the process of changing the country's gun laws. she confirmed her office received a copy of that hate-filled manifesto believed sent by the suspect. >> i was one of more than 30 recipients of a manifesto that was failed out nine minutes before the attack took place. it did not include a location. it did not include specific details. it advised within two minutes of its receipt, in at least my office, it was conveyed directly to parliamentary security. but the assurance i want to give is that had it provided details that could have

our senior national correspondent ivan watson leading our coverage outside the hospital in christ church. ivan? >> this morning, there were 11 victims of the mosque shootings in intensive care and many more being treated. we have seen people, well wishers from other parts of new zealand traveling to this city in a show of solidarity for the victims after what has been described as the deadliest attack in new zealand's history. on the other side of the park where i'm standing, well wishers erected a long row of flowers showing their support for the many dead and wounded in something that is, quite frankly, shocked many people in this country, some of whom told me, these types of mass shootings are things that happen oceans away from us, not in our small country of around 5 million people, a country with a reputation for peace and stability and, which some new zealand politicians suggesting maybe that could have been a terrorist carried out these - attacks here. in fact, the prime minister of new zealand made it very clear that there will be changes in gun control laws in this country in t

our ivan watson is live -- we just lost ivan. we will get back to ivan shortly.in, this is the scene there. you saw the moment if we pull that video up. it is telling. investigators saying that reresisted arrest and investigators also saying that they put themselves at great risk trying to detain him and of course keeping that community safe. joining now is peter newman. peter is the director of the international center for the study of radicalization and political sy leviolence. we were talking about the moment of the arrest. let's just talk about what happened, itself. these two attacks on two mosques, so many people killed. what do you make of the motive behind all of this? >> having read the manifesto that the attacker produced before the attack, i think it is very clear. in the manifesto, he asks himself questions. he asks himself, is is this a racist attack? he answers, yes. he asks him himself, is this an islamophobia attack? he answers yes. he says is this an anti-immigrant attack? he says, yes. based on his own attack, i don't think there is any doubt at

the world, i'm ivan watson in christchurch, new zealand. >> hello to you, ivan, we will get back to you in a moment. i'm natalie allen. hello, everyone. live from cnn sken ter in atlanta, we appreciate you joining us this hour. we have the latest now on the new zealand terror attack, developments for you within the next few hours we have been told bodies of the victims will start being returned to families. they hope to have all the remains turned over by wednesday. in a news conference a short time ago new zealand's prime minister said a copy of that hate-filled manifesto was sent to her office just nine minutes before the rampage began. also, the country's cabinet will meet on monday to discuss changes to the country's gun laws. >> i've already said there will be gun law changes and there will be. the nature of those changes i'm looking to move on as quickly as we can, but i do need to talk them through with cabinet and then we will look to share them publicly as soon as we're able. >> earlier the prime minister joined mourners in welington, consoling those in grief and then laying a

ivan watson live in christchurch with the exclusive details. ivan, what are we learning?i, david. we are learning from the police that they believe that the terrorist, the suspected terrorist, was on his way to a third target when he was praensdepraens apprehended. and from the security camera footage that we're seeing, we're seeing that he attacked past by on the road as he was driving from the first targeted mosque to a second mosque that he targeted. >> reporter: security camera footage from what was soon to become new zealand's darkest day. this video from march 15th shows people casually strolling past at 1:42 in the afternoon. it is from a camera on a hotel located about 300 meters from the al noor mosque. a series of gunshots ring out, from what appear to be two different types of firearms. and even though this is the start of a deadly terrorist attack, passers by still have no idea what is unfolding nearby. it isn't until nearly four minutes later that pedestrians show signs of alarm. and then this car appears. the driver honks his horn to get pedestrians' attenti

. >> so let's bring in ivan watson. good to see you. now, no reason to trust the north koreans first off, but even if that was the offer, still would represent a bad deal from the u.s. perspective, would it not? >> reporter: yeah and clearly they were not able to bridge the gap. we're in this funny position where both governments are expressing affection for each other, promising to keep talking, while also expressing disappointment at failing to reach a deal. the north koreans gave a very unusual press appearance, their foreign minister, during which he said that the north koreans had offered to dismantle their yongbyon nuclear plant in exchange for lifting five out of 11 sanctions. and they said that was pretty of the best offer they could put on the table given the current levels of confidence between these two governments. in return a senior state department official briefing journalist said yeah, the north koreans wanted sanctions lifted excloouding the ones that stopp the export of weapons to north korea. but went on to say that t

let's bring in ivan watson. is there any opposition to these really swift moves by the prime minister? >> reporter: so far we haven't heard an organized opposition. new zealand police association has supported, but they were lobbying for this ahead of time. an auckland rifle association say they supported this. and deputy prime minister had spoken out after the orlando night club shooting in the u.s. against this type of gun control, now he is on board. and i think that consensus is what the prime minister is banking on. take a listen. >> we the government feel absolutely confident that the vast majority of new zealanders will support this change. >> reporter: now, on top of this, how are they going to do this this? the police commissioner explained that people had guns legally with permits as of 3:00 on p.m. this afternoon, if they fall under the new classifications are now illegal. but there is answs is a transit period. the buy back scheme could cost anywhere between $70 million and $140 million u.s. to do. a

let's bring in ivan watson. moving very quickly in new zealand on this matter. >> reporter: christine, all of the victims from last friday's terrorist attacks haven't even all been buried yet, and yet the government has announced this ban, the prime minister saying she is convinced she has the country's support behind this series of gun control proposals. >> we as a government feel absolutely confident that the vast majority of new zealanders will support this change. >> reporter: so how is this going to work? many people, gun owners who had some of these category guns as of 3:00 in the afternoon on thursday here in new zealand suddenly those guns are illegal. and the police have announced that there is going to be the activation of this website this weekend where people can register their weapons to surrender them. the government is estimating that it will cost the equivalent of between $70 million and $140 million for subsequent gun buyback scheme. and they are also taking measures that we don't quite know wha

let's go live to our senior international correspondent ivan watson ivan, what's behind this very surprisingthe short answer is lob lobbying, wolf, appears to be lobbying from the highest levels of the indonesian government to set their citizen free, a citizen who was a key suspect in this incredible broad daylight murder. more than two years after the brazen assassination of the north korean dictator's half brother, one of the key suspects in the murder is now suddenly free. siti aisyah, a citizen of indonesia, all smiles after malaysian prosecutors suddenly dropped murder charges against her. malaysian authorities arrested aisyah and a vietnamese woman named doan thi huong after the deadly poisoning of kim jong-un's half brother kim jong nam. security cameras filmed what appears to be the two women wiping something on his face in kuala lumpur airport in february 2017. soon after, he died, poisoned by vx nerve agent. both women pleaded not guilty. four north koreans have also been charged with kim's killing. their whereabouts are unknown. aisyah's unexpected release on monday apparently the

victor, christi. >> ivan watson, we appreciate that update so much. thank you. >>> president trump offered his condolences to people of new zealand and when asked about the terror attack during an event at the oval office, the president said he doesn't see white nationalism as a rising threat. joining us, democratic strategist, former white house senior director and former state department spokesperson. welcome to the show. thanks for being with us. >> fwogood to be with you. >> let's start with the facts. reconcile the president's characterization of white nationalism, what he sees as a small group with the facts. >> it is very difficult to reconcile, victor. it comes across more as part of a president's agenda of who he wants to appeal to with his rhetoric. frankly he is not appealing to those concerned about their safety, not appealing to those worried about religious freedom in this country, given the fact that every law enforcement agency, most of the research coming out of the government itself will tell you that they are extremist attacks. it a

let's go live to christchurch and bring in ivan watson. it is just so awful, the world mourning this awful attack. what are we learning now? >> reporter: the world mourning and people mere in christ churnchurc church, it is after 10:00 and folks are coming up with bouquets, laying them here, messages that are so heartfelt that say they are us you c, yout divide us, this act of terrorist violence is not us. and embracing this country's tiny muslim minority, just 1% of the population of new zealand is muslim. the target of a savage terrorist attack, the most deadly attack in new zealand's modern history. it killed 50 people. still people fighting for their lives down the road here in christ church oig hospital which has had to postpone other previously scheduled surgeries to keep focusing on keeping those people alive. the prime minister has said that the gun laws in this country will change and she will have proposals laid out within ten days of last friday's attack. meanwhile the police say that they believe this was the work of one man, t

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. >> let's go now to cnn international correspondent ivan watson in christchurch. ivan, good morning. what you have learned? >> reporter: well, it's shortly after 11:00 p.m. here. new zealand is a country in mourning right now, after the deadliest terror attack in this country's modern history. at least 49 people killed when two mosques, not far from where i'm standing right now, shg, a morph and linwood mosque teared during prayers. dozens wounded are here at ci christchurch hospital. the investigation focuses on the 28-year-old branton tarrant, an australian citizen who was arrested with five guns in his vehicle, expels improvised explosive devices. and some of the eyewitnesses of the terrifying moments when so many lives were claimed and destroyed has been sharing those frightening moments with cnn. take a listen. >> heard it and it was from the main entrance of the building. and everybody just running towards the back doors just to save themselves. >> could hear screaming and crying and i saw some people were, you know, dropped dead. >> all my friends lying down

let's bring in ivan watson. just maertbreakinheartbreaking.ring us up to speed. >> reporter: yeah, it is after 8:00 p.m. here and at this make shift memorial site, there are still thopeople walking through many of them with tears on their faces laying flowers, putting up signs like we stand with our muslim brothers. and they are us. so a message of inclusion to this tiny minority which makes up about 1% of the population in new zealand, muslims who were so viciously attacked on friday. the prime minister of new zealand has said that there will be proposals to change the gun laws in this country within ten days of last friday's terror attack. we don't know what will be proposed, but we do know one business here, gun city, its owner has said four of the five firearms that the key suspect had were legally purchased from that store. the key suspect brenton tarrant, an australian citizen who did not have any prior krinl record, he has told a public defender here that he wants to represent himself in upcoming court appearances. as for the effort to

we want to go live to christ church where cnn international correspondent ivan watson is with us. an, what are you hearing this hour? >> reporter: i'm coming to you from next to the botanical gardens. as you can see, this has become an improvised memorial side for many of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place on friday. other sites like this in christ church and across the country, messages that say we love you. they are us. this is not new zealand. and kiaka is an expression that means stay strong. i am seeing the children's messages written in crayon saying we miss you. those are the type of things that put a lump in my throat and left many people here crying as they quietly file through. it's after 11:00 so the crowds have thinned somewhat. the authorities continue with their investigation. they say two other suspects that were arrested yesterday, they are not believed to be linked with the attacks that took place at the two mosque oz friday leaving one person who was charged with murder in a court in christ church on saturday, authorities saying that some of the w

. >> ivan watson is in christchurch. ivan, walk us through where authorities are in the investigation. >> reporter: well, there is one key suspect at this time that's been arrested and identified as this 28-year-old australian named branton tarrant. he appeared in a christchurch court saturday and faced a charge of murder and authorities say he will face additional charges. they say that he was arrested, that he resisted arrest, and was found with five firearms that had been used they say in the attack as well as two improvised explosive devices. the prime minister's office confirmed to cnn that an e-mail for the prime minister received a long manifesto moments before it took place, it rants against islam and warns of white genocide in a country like new zealand where just 1% of the population is estimated to be muslim. this suspect broadcast, live streamed images of himself as he was carrying out the attack. and has quite clearly devastated christchurch and new zealand, the prime minister calling this one of the country'

. >> yeah, we spoke to ivan watson who is in christ's church. geechlt i know it is evening there. what are you learning about what happened in court? >> reporter: that's right. it's just after 1:00 a.m. here, christi. and i am just for your knowledge, i'm in front of christ's church hospital. so this is where so many of the victims of the attacks on these two mosque not far from here were rushed to. and as i speak, some people are fighting for their leaves. as of saturday morning, doctors said there were 11 people in intensive care and many, many more with less critical wound being treated. of course, this is being described as the deadliest terrorist attack in new zealand's history. we've seen an outpouring of support from new zealanders, flowers, candlelight vigils. i've seen total strangers embracing themselves on the sidewalk here in front of the hospital. a, the investigation goes, yes. the new zealand prime minister's office says they've received this hate-filled manifesto from the suspects moments before the attack was carried out. the suspect, his name is brentan tarrant.

dave and christine. >> ivan watson, live in christchurch, people still showing their respects. . thanks, ivan. >>> ten minutes to the top of the hour, new branding for the white house for medicare for all. m4a, slammed as economic foley. the economic adviser says it will neither be more efficient nor cheaper and it could adversely affect health. under the proposal, the federal government will provide coverage to all americans at virtually no cost. the white house said the program will add 2$2.4 trillion by the near 2022. trump's proposal reduces medicare spending by $845 million. the administration wants patients to pay part of their health care bill. the white house also taking a victory lap for the economy under trump. and forecasting growth each year for the next decade of 3% which some economists find too optimistic. >> if you say well that's a rosy scenario, you're saying maybe there's going to be 3% growth over the next decade, i agree it's an optimistic scenario, it's a scenario where president trump's policies are enacted into law. if they're not enacted into law and peo

ivan watson is life in christchurch with more for us at this hour. ivan. >> reporter: good morning, erica. that's right. t new zealand was quick to call this a terrorist attack to denounce it, and quick to call for new gun control laws. she shok about it a few hours ago. take a listen. >> i want to acknowledge when australia found itself tragically in a similar position who to what we found ourselves now, they take 12 days to make the decision. we have taken 72 hours. there is some detail that needs to be worked through want to do that, but still move as quickly as we can. >> reporter: she says quinn ten days of the attack the new poll sills be appropriapolicies will appropriate posed. because in 96 a gun massacre, it tightened its gun laws. the chief suspect, brant ton tarrant charged with murder in court here in christchurch on saturday, the police say they believe he operated alone attacking two mosques on friday here in christchurch. he has declined having an attorney defending him in court in upcoming court appearances. we know australian counter

ivan watson is live there with more. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: they still haven't been able to bury all of the dead from last fritday's terrorists attacks and the prime minister has moved forward with a ban on what she says are the weapons that were used to kilt victims in the deadliest terrorist attack in new zealand's modern history. >> every semiautomatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. we do have guns in new zealand that are used for legitimate purposes by responsible owners. i am steadfast in my belief that the vast majority of these owners will support what we are doing here today. because it's about all of us. it's in the national interest and it's about safety. >> reporter: so as of 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon, people who had licenses, who owned semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, all of the sudden those become illegal objects. how does the government plan to get these guns back out of circulation? well, they've already been urging people to voluntarily sur

let's bring in ivan watson.calling for these changes. >> reporter: that's right. and trying to reassure the public in the wake of the deadliest terror attack in this country's modern history. and it really has impacted people. it is after 10:00 at night and i'm still seeing folks coming up and laying flowers that late on a tuesday night, walking past here in tears. and if you were going to pan down and let you see some of the messages that people have written, that children have written, things like rest in love, i'm sorry this world could not keep you safe, you are us, we are one, we is an with our muslim brothers. people have put candles down, have put stuffed animals for some of the 50 people who were killed and many more injured. some still fighting for their lives. the prime minister called the key suspect here a criminal, a terrorist and an extremist. and while many people are grieving for the tiny muslim community that was targeted, just 1% of the population here in new zealand is muslim, one of the musli

>> ivan watson for us. we know new zealand is different from the united states. 4.5 million people, 350 million people here. the second amendment in the united states. all we are noting is it took six days to do something, reach consensus. that's been unable to even come close to in the united states. >>> president trump insisted that he wants the american people to see the mueller report. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of this? >> 100%. >> are you going to talk to mueller? >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> to reach a higher standard you would do it under oath? >> i would do it under oath. >> mr. president would you still like to testify to special counsel mueller? >> i would love to speak. i would love to go. nothing i would love more. >> what we just played for you obviously was the history of what the president claimed he would be willing to do in the robert mueller investigation. he claimed he would be willing to testify before robert mueller. that never happene

let's go live to christchurch and bring in ivan watson. an, just so fast, remarkable the speed at which they are promising reforms. good morning. >> reporter: it certainly is. and some of that, they are taking an example from australia which moved very quickly after a gun massacre in '96 and dramatically reduced the number of guns in that country. the prime minister also while she doesn't want to say the chief suspect's name, she called him an extremist, a terrorist and a criminal. and said that she wants to focus the attention on the victims. the police here in new zealand say they are still on high alert, there are concerns about the possibility of copycat patterns. and that is why you will see police walking around with rifles strapped on to their chests which is a very unusual scene and image here in new zealand. the people say they are not accustomed to seeing their law enforcement carrying weapons like that out on the streets in front of hospitals for example. the police have had a hard time, the authorities, with the shear loss of li

we do want to bring in cnn ivan watson. joining us live. ivan, the most significant part of this weapons ban is it came so swiftly. less than a week after the deadly terror attack. and it's immediate. how is this going to work? >> that's, it's immediate. that's one way of putting it. it's comprehensive. listen to what the prime minister had to say. >> today i'm announcing that new zealand will ban all military style semi-automatic weapons. we will also ban all assault rifles. we will ban all high capacity magazines. we will ban all parts with the ability to convert any other type of firearm into a military style semi-automatic weapon. we will ban parts that cause a firearm to generate semi-automatic or close to automatic gunfire. in short, every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. >> so in other words, as the police commissioner put it. up until 3:00 this afternoon, if you were in possession of one of the weapons and you were a licensed gun owner, as of 3:00 p.m. that gun that firearm

. >> extraordinary situation, and outcome, ivan watson, thank you. >>> a top white house adviser sayssident trump will be disappointed when north korea conducts a new missile test. >> john bolton spoke after the release show activity at a rocket facility near pyongyang. both said in a tv interview he did not want to spec late what the images meant but the u.s. is always watching. take a listen. >> the president has been very clear he's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations. ask one mistake the prior administration has been made poertly was assuming they would come ply when they undertake obligations. the north koreans have pledged to give up their program beginning in 1992 with the denuclearization agreement. they never seem to get around. that's run within to pay cloengs attention. we'll see what they are doing now. we see it unblinkingly. >> bolton says the u.s. has leverage right now in any. >>> the british government is defending itself actions after the the death of an isis member's baby in syria. >> the top difficult shoubt it she used the term daesh, an act ni

. >> ivan watson at christchurch. >>> we turn to the investigation of the ethiopian airlines crash thatilled 157 people last week. ethiopia's transport minister said the crash had similarities. the investigators have recovered all relevant data. our melissa bell joins us from paris where the investigation is headquartered with more on what else they will be looking for from this information. hello, melissa. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. one of the big questions for investigators is how great the similarities are. both investigations in the lion air crash and the oaethiopia's crash. there are similarities. that's according to the preliminary data. and there's more work to be done. the data has been extracted and can be read. it's questionable whether that date that will be continuing to come. and what the analysis will try to answer is particularly that question of the maneuvering characteristics, augmentation system that we've been hearing about the last few days, on this particular type of boeing aircraft. we know because we heard, also, from the ceo of oath openian airlines, tha

i'm ivan watson in christchurch, new zealand. >> hi to you, ivan. hello, everyone.new zealand terror attack. here is the very latest for you. in the next few hours, bodies of the victims will start being turned over to their families. they hope to have all the bodies returned by wednesday. it is a process that takes some time as it was explained. in a news conference, prime minister

. >>> let's talk more about these developments with ivan watson who joins us from the memorial at the botanical gardens in christchurch. some movement on gun control and that odd development about the suspect here, perhaps representing himself. ivan? >> reporter: that's right. it's raising some concerns i think that we're hearing that the suspect might try to espouse some of the ideology in his manifesto in a courtroom and spread ideas of hate even further than the alleged killing of some 50 innocent people. the worst terror attack in nuzzi land's modern history. natalie, i'd like to introduce you to some of the people who have been coming here to this improvised memorial by the botanical gardens here in christchurch, a group of students, tutors, community workers who came to pay their respects today. thank you guys for coming to speak with cnn. i guess i start with you. you're 1 years old. why did you want to come down here today? what prompted to you come here? >> so we actually, we were performing for the public and just paying our respects to the people that had passed and we thou

. >> ivan watson following the story for us in hong kong.venezuela's opposition leader says his country has collapsed from the crippling black outs there. >> juan guaido told cnn the power outages have cost venezuela hundreds of millions of dollars and have made it hard to get basic needs. >> translator: there was no service in the hospitals. these were the best hospitals in the country. if we are in the capital, what is it like kilometers inside venezuela where there hasn't been or there has been very little gasoline with periodic cuts in electricity, without basic goods with in efficient transportation. you can say with all responsibility that venezuela has already collapsed. there's been an exodus of tal want. there are many specialists, many te technicians that have found opportunities elsewhere, so they don't have the man power. they don't have the technical capacity to do it quickly. the proof is it's been four days. more than 4.1 billi$4.1 billion the national economy and minute by minute that grows. so i don't think they can recover

ivan watson is in kries church, new zealand, with this exclusive. ivan, what have you seen? >> reporter: good morning, john. new zealand police say the death toll could have been much, much worse if not for the swift work of law enforcement here. this exclusive video obtained by cnn shows that the suspect was shooting at pedestrians while driving between two mosques that were targeted during this terrorist attack. security camera footage from what was soon to become new zealand's darkest day. this video from march 15th shows people casually strolling past at 1:42 in the afternoon. it's filmed from a camera on a hoe at the located around 300 meters from the al noor mosque. second later a series of gunshots ring out from what appear to be two different types of firearms. and even though this is the start of a deadly terrorist attack, passersby still have no idea what is unfolding nearby. it isn't until nearly four minutes later that pedestrians show signs of alarm. and then, this car appears. the driver honks his horn to get pedestrians' attention and then shoots through the p

vive ivan watson has more. >> reporter: the victims from last friday's terrorist attack not all of them have even been buried. there are still people delivering flowers here and crying at this makeshift memorial, and yet the government has announced sweeping changes in the gun laws. the prime minister here saying that the guns that were used to carry out this atrocity here in christchurch will now all be illegal. take a listen. >> every semiautomatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. we do have guns in new zealand that are used for legitimate purposes by responsible owners. i've been steadfast in my belief that the vast majority of these owners will support what we are doing here today. because it's about all of us, it's in the national interest, and it's about safety. >> reporter: this is so dramatic the police commissioner said that people with gun licenses who owned some of these guns, as of 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, those guns are now illegal objects. so how are they going to convince foam hand in weapons? well -- >> we were listening to i